Hydrocarbon-burner.



N0- 844,537. PATENTBD FEB. 19, 1907- J. J. RICHARDSON.

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HYDROCARBON-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 190.7.

Application filed November 8,1906. Serial No. 342.533.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ESSE JOHN RICHARD- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tulare, in the county of Tulare and State of California, have invented a new and useful H3clrocarboaBurner, of which the following is specification.

This invention has relation to hydrocarbon-burners; and it consists in the novel con struction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective burner of the character indicated which is adapted to be used for heating or cooking purposes.

, The burner is in the form of an attachment which is adapted to be inserted in the door of a heating or cook stove. The burner consists, primarily, of a gasifying tray or sluice above which ignition takes place. An oilsupply' pipe connects with said sluice and introduces the liquid fuel into a vaporizingchamber provided at the end of the sluice. A partition is pivotally connected with said sluice and is adapted to close the upper maj or portion of the opening of the stove-door. By providing a pivotal connection between the partition and the sluice the parts may be brought into close contact with the edges of the door-opening, even should such edges incline or extend vertically. The said partition is provided With a draft-opening, over which hangs a gravity operator or retained damper. Draft-controlling doors are hinged to the said partition and are swelled or curved vertically. Said doors meet at their free edges and may be swung open upon their hinges for the admission of a great volume of air to the flame. The sluice is provided with an overflow drain-pipe and also at its rear edge with a vertically-extending wall for defleeting the products of combustion in an up ward direction. The said damper may be readily removed and the doors swung open in order that the bottom of the sluice may be readily reached for the purpose of removing residuum from the surface thereof. The bottom of the sluice is provided with a number of riflles for the purpose of spreading the fuel to advance the gasification of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the burner. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the burner cut on the line 2 2 of Fig, 1, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the burner.

The burner comprises the sluice 1, which is provided with the inclined bottom 2. riffles 3 3 are pressed or otherwise formed in the bottom 2. The sluice 1 constitutes a gaslfying and mixing chamber, and adjoining the front end of said sluice is a vaporizingchamber 4. Said chamber is provided with an exit-port 5, located above the end of the sluice 1. The oil-supply pipe 6 connects with the vaporizing-chamber 4. The inverted-V-shaped deflector 7 is erected at the inner end of the sluice 1, and the said inner end of the burner is braced by a transveresly-extending rib 8. The channel 9 extends longitudinally along one of the sides of the sluice 1 and is provided at its forward end with a drain-pipe 10. The wall 11 between the sluice l and the channel 9 is not so high as the opposte wall of the saidsluice. Consequently any overflow from the sluice will pass into the said channel 9. The partition 12 is pivoted at points 13 13 to the lower portion of the burner. Said partition is provided with the draft-opening 14, over which the pendulous damper 15 hangs. The upper end of said damper is provided with a hook 16, which engages the ledge 17, attached to or forming part of the partition 12. The doors 18 18 are hinged to the partition 12 at opposite sides of the draft-opening 14 thereof and are arranged to swing horizontally. The top of the vaporizing-chamber 4 is provided. with a seat or post 19, which is adapted to serve as a check for the inward swing of the doors 18 and also as a rest for the lower end of the damper 15 when the same is in the open position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The said doors 18 are bowed or curved vertically, and when in closed positions meet at their free edges, but have contact with the partition 12 at their hinged edges only.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that when hydrocarbon oil is admitted through pipe 6 into the vaporizing-chamber 4 the vapor arising therefrom passes through the exit 5 and is swept down by air, passing under the lower end of the damper 15, and mixes with the same in or over the sluice 1, where combustion occurs. Any drip or condensation that precipitates upon the inclined bottom of the sluice 1 is gasified by coming in contact with the hot metal and immediately ignites. However, should such condensation be voluminous the riflies 3 will spread the same over the surface of the sluice for the purpose of facilitating gasification. How- The 1 ICC ever, should such precipitationbecome excessive the overflow will pass over the Wall 11 and enter the channel 9, from Which it Will be conducted from the burner through the drain pipe 10. The deflector 7 directs the products of combustion in an upward direction. Any suitable starting burner or means may be employed for heating the parts in order that they may be brought to a proper temperature for vaporizing and gasifying the liquid fuel,

as above described.

Should it be desirable to increase the draft through the opening 1 1, the damper 15 may be swung open, so that its lower end Will rest upon the post 19. While in such position the inner sides of the doors may be closed against the loWer corners of the damper 15. If an excess of draft is desired, the doors 18 may be swung Wide apart upon their hinges. To regulate the draft to a nicety, the damper 15 may hang vertically and the doors 18 swung open on their hinges. When it is desired to free the bottom of the sluice 1 from residuum and soot, the doors 18 are swung open on their hinges and the damper 15 is i lifted bodily from the supporting-ledge 17.

Thus the entire area of the opening 14 may be used for getting at the inner portion of the burner.

Having described my invention, What I 0 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

, 1. A hydrocarbon-burner comprising a sluice, a vaporizing-chamber located adjacent thereto, an oil-supply pipe connecting 3 5 With said chamber, a partition pivoted to the sluice and having a draft-opening, a pendulous damper located over said opening and bowed doors hinged to said partition.

2. A hydrocarbon-burner comprising a 40 sluice, a vaporizing-chamber located adjacent thereto, a post erected upon said chamber, a supply-pipe connecting said chamber, said chamber having an exit-port, a partition pivoted to said sluice and having a draft- 45 opening, a pendulous damper arranged to swing over said opening and adapted to engage said post and bowed doors hinged to the partition at opposite sides of the draftopen. ing thereof.

In test'mony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the'presence of two Witnesses.

JESSE JOHN RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

WALTER F. LITTLE,

GEORGE W. HoLrzonAw. 

